Dentists’ attitudes toward patient-centered care and its predictors: a cross-sectional study in South Korea

BMC Oral Health

Table 5 Multivariate hierarchical linear regression analysis of factors on patient-centered attitudes from among demographic and academic factors, practice ownership, and empathy

	PPOS^a (Total)			PPOS (Sharing)			PPOS (Caring)
	B	ß	P	B	ß	P	B	ß	P
Step1
Gender (Male:1, Female:2)	.052	.059	.400	.063	.063	.371	.041	.035	.613
Work year (y)	.011	.192	.035	.005	.070	.448	.018	.232	.011
Academic track (DC^c:1, Professional:2)	.140	.155	.050	.073	.072	.365	.207	.174	.028
Practice ownership (Owner:1, associate:0)	− .068	− .081	.320	− .076	− .080	.330	− .061	− .054	.502
Adjusted R-squared	.013	.006	.022
Step2
Gender (Male:1, Female:2)	.043	.049	.481	.058	.059	.410	.027	.024	.727
Work year (y)	.010	.165	.067	.004	.065	.483	.015	.195	.027
Academic track (DC:1, Professional:2)	.126	.140	.074	.073	.072	.373	.179	.151	.050
Practice ownership	− .086	− .102	.205	− .082	− .086	.302	− .091	− .081	.300
IRI^b (Fantasy)	− .010	− .016	.839	− .009	− .012	.877	− .011	− .013	.859
IRI (Empathic Concern)	.127	.183	.035	.055	.070	.434	.200	.218	.011
IRI (Perspective Taking)	.046	.062	.459	− .019	− .023	.791	.112	.114	.165
IRI (Personal Distress)	− .009	− .013	.850	.031	.038	.587	− .050	− .052	.434
Adjusted R-squared	.042	.021	.091

^aPPOS Patient–Practitioner Orientation Scale, ^bIRI interpersonal reactivity index, ^cDC Dentistry College

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